A store clerk was pistol-whipped during a robbery at the Zazz gas station in the 5000 block of 15 Mile Road in Sterling Heights today.

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A store clerk was pistol-whipped during a robbery at the Zazz gas station in the 5000 block of 15 Mile Road in Sterling Heights today.

The robber, who had been in the store earlier, attacked the 23-year-old clerk while the clerk was sweeping the floor about 2:48 a.m., according to Sterling Heights police. The robber put the clerk in a chokehold, and the two fought until the clerk relented. The robber, who had a handgun, had the clerk open the cash register.